
Iranian helicopter crash victims
The Iranian government said that all the nine people killed in Sundays helicopter crash have now been identified.
A high-ranking government representative told the Iranian news agency Tasnim, thatin spite of thesevere burns, the identities of all occupants in the helicopter were established on Monday .
Their bodies have since been transferred to Tabriz, the capital of Irans East Azerbaijan province.
State media had previously confirmed the deaths of all nine occupants of the helicopter, includingpresident Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
The chopper crashed while they were travelling back from a meeting with the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
A senior imam from Tabriz who led the Friday prayers in the city was on the aircraft.
Tasnim reported that the imam was alive for about an hour after the crash and was able to contact the presidential office before succumbing to his injuries.
Here is the full list of those who died alongside Iranian President Raisi in a helicopter crash:
1- Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Rais al-Sadati
2- Ayatollah Seyyed Muhammad Ali Al-Hashem
3- Dr. Hossein Amirabdollahian
4- Dr. Malik Rahmati
5- Sardar Seyed Mehdi Mousavi
6- An Ansar al-Mahdi Corps (identity unknown)
7- Pilot (unknown identity)
8- The pilots help, unknown identity)
9-Kruchev (unknown identity)
(Pieced together from reports by dpa/NAN and Nigerian Tribune)



























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